Wreck: Victo (bow section) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Victo (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 19.976 N,0 17.758 W (54.3329333, -0.2959667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
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Shipwreck details
Name: VICTO (BOW SECTION)
Length 105.8 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3655 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Bombed and sunk by german aircraft while on passage london for tyne and freeport.
Year of registration: 1986
Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 116 cm
Known since: 1986, last detected: 20160220
Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN POSN 542000N, 001700W, APPROX. (WW2SL). H1310/86/34 16.12.86 BOW LOCATED IN 542000N, 001745W. IDENTIFIED BY BEAM MEASUREMENT, BRIDGE MEASUREMENT, DE-GAUSSING CABLE, ETC. LIES WITH STEM UPPERMOST. FOR'D HOLDS AND BRIDGE COLLAPSED. LEAST DEPTH 38MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. (G WADSWORTH, 13.11.86). TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS. INS AS WK 32MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 2.3.93 LOCATED IN 541959.5N, 001737W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). AMEND POSN TO 542000N, 001732W. BR STD.*HH090/730/01 17.11.97 EXAM'D 11.7.97 IN 541958.4N, 001744.4W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. DCS3 RECORDS AGREE WELL WITH PREVIOUS DIVER INFORMATION, WHILE E/S ONLY GIVES HT OF 3MTRS. CHART AS WK 41MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 730). WELL BROKEN UP WK WITH HIGH POINT AT ONE END WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN MISSED BY E/S. INS AS WK 40MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 15.06.16 EXAM'D 20.02.16 IN 5419.976N, 0017.758W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. LENGTH 52.6MTRS, WIDTH 6.7MTRS, HT 8.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 116/296. INTACT, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 38MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP
Position: 54 19.976 N,0 17.758 W
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